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Colorado House Democrats’ caucus finances under scrutiny as ethics case against leader advances
Marianne Goodland | marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Democratic lawmakers told a legislative ethics panel that a leader’s management of caucus finances left them with unanswered questions, disputed reimburs…
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Colorado River crisis: Lake Mead, Lake Powell inch closer to ‘dead pool’
Marianne Goodland | marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
National
The hidden politics of time: How clocks, calendars — and now-contentious time zones — came to be
The Associated Press | the-associated-press@coloradopolitics.com
Healthcare Freefall – A special series
Healthcare freefall: Once built on federal investment, rural hospitals today fight to survive
Thelma Grimes | thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
2026 Elections
Jeff Crank, Jessica Killin set to face off in 2 debates in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District
Ernest Luning | ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Courts
Judicial performance evaluations released, Montezuma County judge disciplined | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Federal judge holds off on dismissing formerly bankrupt medical contractor from Jeffco jail death lawsuit
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Federal judge green-lights excessive force, retaliation claims for trial against Fort Collins officers
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
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Colorado Politics Calendar Aug. 10-16
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics | 08/08/2026
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county…
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Colorado, like America, past due for generational change in politics | Miller Hudson
Miller Hudson | miller-hudson@coloradopolitics.com
I was 27 before I ever voted for president. At 19, in 1964, the Constitution had not yet been amended establishing 18-year-old voting eligibility. In 1968,…
